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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ebnaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *emnaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ém-no- (equal, straight; flat, level, even). Cognate with Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, just now, adv.), with differing accent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeβ.nɑz/

Adjective

*ebnaz

  1. even, level

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ebn
  • Old Norse: jafn, jamn
    • Icelandic: jafn
    • Faroese: javnur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: jamn
      • Norwegian Bokmål: jamn
    • Old Swedish: iæmpn, iamn, iæmn, iampn
    • Old Danish: iæmfn, iafn, iæfn, ifn, iofn, iauæn, iæuæn, iæmn
    • Elfdalian: iemmen
    • Jamtish: jamn
    • Gutnish: jamnar, jämbar
    • Scanian: jǫvner
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (ibns)
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